Definition of whole

• all of something including all its component elements or parts; "Europe considered as a whole"; "the whole of American literature"
• an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; "how big is that part compared to the whole?"; "the team is a unit"
• to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole is often used informally for `wholly); "he was wholly convinced"; "entirely satisfied with the meal"; "it was completely different from what we expected"; "was completely at fault"; "a totally new situation"; "the directions were all wrong"; "it was not altogether her fault"; "an altogether new approach"; "a whole new idea"